Market demand for antibacterial non-woven fabrics

As the most cost-effective and highly flexible non-woven technology, spunbond/spunmelt non-woven fabrics occupy the largest share of the entire market. Although needle punching, spunlace, hot air and other technologies are now popularizing and joining the competition, The output is still far behind the spunbond/spunmelt technology. According to the analysis and forecast issued by Price Hanna Consulting Company, it is estimated that the global spunbond/spunmelt nonwoven fabric will increase to about 4.8 million tons from 2017 to 2022, which is equivalent to 1.8%. (This forecast data does not include the unannounced capacity expansion and possible increase in production line investment, so the actual global production capacity by 2022 may be slightly higher than the current estimate).


The large-scale growth of this technology is mainly due to the important position of medical and disposable sanitary products in the non-woven market. The largest market for spunbond/spunmelt non-woven fabrics is medical supplies (masks, protective clothing, etc.), disposable sanitary products (baby/adult diapers, feminine care products), accounting for two-thirds of the total non-woven fabrics . In addition, spunbond/spunmelt non-woven fabrics are also used in other important markets, such as automobile anti-collision coating, construction geotextile, wall and other packaging materials, and home decoration.


The demand for spunbond/spunmelt non-woven fabrics for medical and disposable hygiene products will drive growth. The main driving factors are consumption driving force, medical protection demand, health demand, birth rate, aging, market penetration rate and so on.


With the improvement of consumption level and social development, the application of medical and disposable sanitary non-woven fabrics in the packaging materials of antibacterial articles has entered a rapid development and renewal state. Antibacterial medical non-woven fabrics as the final material have successively entered the disinfection supply centers of various hospitals at all levels; disposable antibacterial sanitary non-woven fabrics have also become popular products.